Anna Firth

Great morning hitting doorsteps with Rochford District Conservatives supporting the amazing Danielle Belton. Residents disgusted to hear the newly elected Reform UK councillor stood down after only 4 days costing tax-payer £35,000 in unnecessary costs.

It’s a scorcher today! Thank you to Anna Firth and the team for coming out to support me 😊

The morning session’s done, now for a quick bite and a drink at the Travellers Joy, Rayleigh before getting back out this afternoon ☀️

Thank you Waterwatch UK for your support & for the privilege of Chairing today’s Community Water Summit. As always it was a lively debate with lots of informative information presented and lots of questions and opinions expressed.

Waterwatch Southend Water Quality Summit

Community led.
Community powered.
Community voices being heard.

Thank you to everyone continuing to support the conversation around water quality in Southend and the future of our local waters.

Together, we keep the pressure on for transparency, accountability and action.

🥀It is with immense sadness that I report that my dear and wonderful mother, Peggy, or Peg to her friends, finally lost her battle with pancreatic cancer yesterday. She has battled so hard and been so brave over the last 10 months and I feel extremely privileged and grateful to have been able to care for her right up until the very end. She was the kindest, most generous person you could ever meet, and her boundless energy and indominable, positive spirit shone through right up until the end.
A total force of nature, mum threw her heart and soul into everything and everyone she touched. An inspirational school teacher, mum, Magistrate and PhD, my mother realised the power of an excellent education, especially for girls, long before “tiger mums” were even a concept! She was also a talented artist, gardener, as well as being a huge animal lover. Always rescuing cats, birds, rabbits, reptiles and fish, our house was often more like a mini animal rescue centre than a home! And, of course, she was the most wonderful Grandma & role model to my three, and my brother’s, four children.

☀️Quite simply, mum always brought the sunshine into our lives and I count myself lucky that it shone on all of us for so many years.

Finally, as a daughter of a Royal Navy veteran and a great patriot, I know it would have given her huge pleasure to have finally bowed out on VE day! 🇬🇧

✝️Rest in peace Mum and rise in glory. Always loved, never forgotten.

🙏🏻A big thank you to all the Doctors and Nurses at the PRU Hospital, Orpington and Sonia McPherson and her brilliant team of District Nurses who cared for her so well in her final weeks at home. Thank you also for all the wonderful messages of love & support which are so appreciated.